SKF – University of Edinburgh Institute for Energy Systems (IES)

This, our second annual Ocean Energy Technology Day, featured an impressive line up of speakers and technology-themed topics addressing the technological challenges and development needs for the demanding conditions of the emerging ocean energy sector.
Leading tidal and wave energy device developers continue to advance towards commercialization and we now see a number of machines making good progress through the demonstration phase.
Development plans for the first arrays are in place, and major investors continue to enter the market. We also see the leading OEMs and technology developers starting to scale up their early prototypes to the 1 to 2MW range in preparation for commercialization. With the new larger machines being designed, robust and reliable technology is absolutely key.